Hospital reimbursement
This page provides reimbursement rates for hospitals serving Medicaid clients using the Washington State Medicaid Prospective Payment System (PPS fee-for-service).
Rates and program information
- Certified Public Expenditures (CPE)
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Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) application
Medicaid cost report
Washington Administrative Code (WAC) information
- Critical Access Hospitals (CAH)
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Interim rates
- January 1, 2026 - present (published December 31, 2025)
- January 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 (updated January 13, 2025)
- January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024 (updated February 12, 2024)
- January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023 (updated March 14, 2023)
- See all Critical Access Hospital rates.
Additional information
- Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH)
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Payments
Low income DSH
Small rural DSH
Application and instructions (non-CPE)
- Hospital Safety Net Program
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Fee-for-service (FFS) payments
Critical Access Hospital (CAH) grant payments
Hospital Safety Net Grants
Distressed Hospital Grant
Managed Care State Directed Payments
Designated Public Hospital (DPH) Inpatient Directed Payments
- CY2026 2nd quarter (published August 3, 2026)
- CY2026 1st quarter (published August 3, 2026)
- CY2025 4th quarter (published March 4, 2026)
- CY2025 3rd quarter (published November 4, 2025)
- CY2025 2nd quarter (published August 5, 2025)
- CY2025 1st quarter (published May 9, 2025)
- CY2024 4th quarter (published March 27, 2025)
- CY2024 3rd quarter (published October 28, 2024)
- CY2024 2nd quarter (published July 16, 2024)
- CY2024 1st quarter (published July 16, 2024)
Designated Public Hospital (DPH) Outpatient Directed Payments
Revised Code of Washington (RCW) information
- Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS)
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Inpatient provider rates
- August 1, 2026 - present (proposed) (published July 16, 2026)
- July 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026 (updated July 10, 2026)
- June 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026 (published July 10, 2026)
- May 1, 2026 - May 31, 2026 (updated July 2, 2026)
- February 1, 2026 - April 30, 2026 (updated July 2, 2026)
- January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026 (updated July 16, 2026)
- January 1, 2026 - January 31, 2026 (UW and HMC) (published June 30, 2026)
- November 1, 2025 - December 31, 2025 (updated July 2, 2026)
- August 1, 2025 - October 30, 2025 (updated July 2, 2026)
- July 1, 2025 - July 31, 2025 (updated July 2, 2026)
- May 1, 2025 - June 30, 2025 (updated July 2, 2026)
- February 1, 2025 - April 30, 2025 (updated July 2, 2026)
- November 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025 (updated July 2, 2026)
- See all inpatient provider rates.
Diagnosis-related group (DRG) calculator
- July 1, 2026 DRG Calculator (published July 2, 2026)
- June 1, 2026 DRG Calculator (published July 2, 2026)
- May 1, 2026 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- February 1, 2026 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- January 1, 2026 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- November 1, 2025 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- July 1, 2025 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- May 1, 2025 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- February 1, 2025 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- November 1, 2024 DRG Calculator (updated July 2, 2026)
- See all DRG calculators.
Diagnosis-related group (DRG) grouper weights and utilization/length of stay information
Outlier factors
Quality Incentive Payments (QIP) hospital scores
- July 1, 2025 - present (published July 1, 2025)
- July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 (updated July 1, 2024)
- July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024 (updated July 5, 2023)
- July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2023 (published June 9, 2022)
- View all Quality Incentive Payments (QIP) hospital scores
Additional information
- Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS)
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Provider conversion factors
- January 1, 2026 - present (published June 30, 2026)
- April 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2025 (updated April 1, 2025)
- January 1, 2025 - March 31, 2025 (published December 31, 2024)
- October 1, 2024 -December 31, 2024 (updated December 16, 2024)
- See all provider conversion factors.
EAPG Calculator
Relative weights
Additional information
- Trauma Program
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Payments
- SFY2026 3rd distribution Level 2-3 hospitals (published July 14, 2026)
- SFY2026 2nd distribution Level 2-3 hospitals (published April 14, 2026)
- SFY2026 2nd distribution Graduate Medical Education - Trauma hospitals (published April 14, 2026)
- SFY2026 1st distribution Level 2-3 hospitals (published January 12, 2026)
- SFY2026 1st distribution Graduate Medical Education - Trauma hospitals (published January 12, 2026)
- SFY2025 3rd distribution Level 2-3 hospitals (published July 9, 2025)
- SFY2025 3rd distribution Graduate Medical Education - Trauma hospitals (published July 9, 2025)
- SFY2025 2nd distribution Level 2-3 hospitals (published April 3, 2025)
- SFY2025 2nd distribution Graduate Medical Education - Trauma hospitals (published April 3, 2025)
- SFY2025 1st distribution Level 2-3 hospitals (published January 3, 2025)
- SFY2025 1st distribution Graduate Medical Education - Trauma hospitals (published January 3, 2025)
- SFY2024 4th distribution (updated July 1, 2025)
- See all trauma payments.
Additional information